Google Doodle Celebrating Kamala Sohonie’s 112th Birthday – Today’s Doodle is celebrating the 112th birthday of Indian biochemist Dr. Kamala Sohonie who was the first Indian woman to achieve a Ph.D. in a scientific field during a time when Indian women were conspicuously underrepresented in scientific disciplines.
She helped a path for future Indian women to overcome gender bias and pursue their dreams.
112th birthday of Indian biochemist Dr. Kamala Sohonie
- Dr. Sohonie was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh on 18th June 1911 to parents who were respected chemists.
- She studied chemistry and physics at Bombay University and graduated at the top of her class in 1933.
- She was the first woman to be inducted into the Indian Institute of Science (IISc).
- Dr. Sohonie published her thesis on this subject and obtained her master’s degree in 1936.
- She received a research scholarship at Cambridge University.
- Dr. Sohonie discovered Cytochrome C, an enzyme important to energy generation, and found that it was present in all plant cells.
- Dr. Sohonie studied that the nutritious drink, called Neera, is a good source of Vitamin C and has been proven to improve the health of malnourished children and pregnant women.
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